Antonio Livingston, 21, and John Anthony Aguilar, 52 were arraigned in district court. Both are charged with open murder, felony murder and armed robbery, each punishable by up to life in prison, and first-degree home invasion, a 20-year felony.

Kalamazoo County District Court Judge Richard Santoni denied the men bond.

Aguilar said he turned himself in. “I didn’t murder nobody, sir,” he told the judge. “I don’t have the heart to murder anybody.”

A woman who identified herself as Livingston’s
ex-girlfriend said she was shocked whenshe heard he was arrested in connection with the homicide.

"He's not that kind of person," she told
reporters before the arraignment. "He would be the kind of person who
would step in" and not allow something like that to happen, said
the woman, who did not want to be identified by name. "I don't see him
ever harming somebody or allowing someone to harm somebody."

Both men were appointed attorneys at state expense. A preliminary hearing on evidence against them has been scheduled for Aug. 30 at 8:30 a.m. in Kalamazoo County District Judge Paul Bridenstine’s courtroom.

Medema, 74, was found dead in his Oakland Drive home Aug. 11. Police have said robbery was the likely motive.